Souhan: Peterson's road back has come full circleWe learned a lot about him 9 1/2 months ago at FedEx Field. Now he returns, back in one piece and as confident as ever. |
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Hartman: Shanahan got his break as U assistantOct 11, 2012
Before winning two Super Bowls, Mike Shanahan won praise as Gophers offensive coordinator in 1979. |
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Of whistleblowers and witnessesOct 11, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com When it comes to the Saints’ bounty scandal, the NFL has said that whistleblowers must be protected at all costs. When it comes to the original whistleblower in the Saints’ bounty scandal, the NFL inexplicably outed former Vikings defensive tackle J… |
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Report: WR Johnson says he played concussedOct 11, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Calvin Johnson said Thursday he returned to a game against the Minnesota Vikings earlier this season after suffering a concussion. Johnson told the Detroit Free Press he suffered a concussion on a helmet-to-helmet hit from Chad Greenway. |
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Picking apart the Week Six picksOct 11, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Every Thursday morning, we unveil the respective picks from MDS and yours truly. Every Thursday afternoon, MDS joins PFT Live to discuss the games on which we disagree — and other games that make us nervous. Today, we talked Vikings-Redskins, Broncos-… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen will be away from the team, after the sudden and unexpected death of his mother on Wednesday. Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said Griffen’s mother was visiting her son in the Twin Cities when she died. The cause is no… |
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Vikes' Griffen leaves team after mother's deathOct 11, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen missed practice on Thursday after the sudden death of his mother. |
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RGIII on track to play Sunday despite concussionOct 11, 2012
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is still on track to start Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Vikings running back Adrian Peterson returns to FedEx Field this Sunday for the first time since his 2011 season ended with a torn ACL he thinks occurred on a hit by Redskins safety DeJon Gomes. Peterson said Thursday that he felt “99.9 percent” sure … |
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Receiver Jerome Simpson returns to practice, but appears to pull up during a drill. Status will be updated after practice. |
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Move over, Packers and Lions, Leslie Frazier has Minnesota Vikings playing like NFC North contendersOct 11, 2012
It's bottoms up in the NFC North where the Packers and Lions were expected to fight things out for the division. But in perhaps the biggest of surprises of the NFL season, the Vikings have stormed out to a 4-1 record matched by the Bears. |
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Preseason Game 1 recap: REAL LIVE BASKETBALL!Oct 11, 2012
Tom Westerholm, howlintwolf.com Working in defiance of every journalism class I’ve ever taken, we are going to do this recap by starting with the parts that doesn’t matter and working our way to the bigger stuff that does. The least important part of this game was the final score, a… |
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Derrick Rose Won’t Be Rushed; DeShawn Stevenson Fires Back at Deron Williams; Jeremy Lin Gets DestroyedOct 11, 2012
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com In their last preseason win over Memphis, Kirk Hinrich morphed into a red-faced monster for a five or six minute span of the third quarter, and while he had the whole crowd in the Windy City on its feet, they have to know it’s not always going to be tha… |
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